DALLAS — Joe Pavelski scored twice in 20 seconds in the opening 1:31 to reach 400 career goals, and two goaltenders combined to shut out the NHL’s highest-scoring team Friday night, as the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1. Denis Gurianov added a power-play goal for Dallas, which has won its last five home games and five of six […]

Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. BOSTON — Bruins winger Brad Marchand is known for getting under the skin of opponents on the ice. Apparently that extends to the benches too. With 12 seconds left in Friday’s game, New York Rangers star Artemi Panarin was given a misconduct penalty after throwing one of his gloves at Marchand as the […]

Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. This Thursday is Thanksgiving, or as it’s known in the NHL, “American Thanksgiving.” That means it’s time for our own annual tradition here: what we’re thankful for in hockey. As because this is the first one of these we’ve done since the NHL returned to ESPN airwaves, we’ve decided to keep it in […]

Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. As we approach American Thanksgiving weekend — and a triple-header of matchups on ABC, ESPN+ and Hulu — we’ve also traversed another week of the 2021-22 NHL schedule. And for the second straight week, we’ve got a new No. 1 team atop the ESPN NHL Power Rankings. Moreover, now that teams […]

Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The Edmonton Oilers have your attention. Superstar captain Connor McDavid has created a season’s worth of highlights in a span of a few weeks, starting the campaign with a 17-game points streak. Leon Draisaitl leads the league in points (35 in 17 games, for […]

NEW YORK — The New York Islanders’ long wait is finally over. Nearly four years after winning the bid to build a new home next to Belmont Park, the Islanders opened the doors to UBS Arena on Saturday night. The Calgary Flames were the Islanders’ first home opponent this season after the team spent the first 6½ weeks of the […]

VANCOUVER — A 62.5% power play will win you hockey games. The Avalanche used that percentage to finish 2-0 against the Vancouver Canucks in less than a week. On Wednesday at Rogers Place, the Avalanche scored three power-play goals and got big games from forwards Mikko Rantanen and Nazem Kadri and defenseman Cale Makar to defeat the Canucks for the […]

Long before he was scheduled to belt out “The Star-Spangled Banner” for the 1,000th time to kick off an Avalanche game on Saturday night, Denver’s own Jake Schroeder sang the national anthem at a Grant Ranch community center honoring Veterans Day. The luncheon was part of a tremendously hectic time for the former Opie Gone Bad frontman and affable community […]

The Avalanche claimed forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel on waivers from the Philadelphia Flyers after announcing rookie defenseman Bo Byram had a setback and will not play in Saturday night’s game against the San Jose Sharks at Ball Arena. Byram absorbed an elbow to the head late in the first period in Thursday’s 7-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks and did not […]

Anaheim Ducks executive vice president and general manager Bob Murray resigned on Wednesday, and will enroll in an alcohol abuse program, the team announced. Jeff Solomon will be the club’s interim general manager, replacing Murray, who was placed on administrative leave Tuesday pending “an ongoing investigation related to professional conduct.” Murray, 66, had been with the organization since 2005. “First […]